Healthy Heart Diet - Why SALT Is A Killer!

Many people ask what is the ideal healthy heart diet ? They talk too about the Mediterranean Diet which they have heard a lot about and whose recipe books are in great demand. others have heard a bout the food pyramid and wonder what all this is about. Here is a simple explanation of one crucial element in our diets and which will kill our hearts if we are not careful.


What happens to your heart when you have high blood pressure ? It is putting more pressure on the blood to get through the arteries to the heart and therefore is putting more pressure on the heart. Risky !
Another result is that the arteries get thicker, the surface gets a little rough so the blood has a tough time in reaching its destination. Then plaque gets deposited on the walls of the arteries as well so the whole system clogs up !

What are the things you should NOT Do :-

* Be a couch potato, or mouse potato !
* Eat lots of salty snacks and sugary ones as well.!
* Smoke cigarettes !
* Drink lots of alcohol and spirits!
* Never worry about your ever thickening waistline !

SALT is a killer ! Why ? Salt will fill us up with lots of fluid - and that is going to put a lot of stress on your heart to move it around. Americans absorb (like sponges!) anything up to 8,000 milligrams of salt a day. That is way over the maximum limit set by the World Health Organisation of a maximum of 2,400 milligrams a day.

Eat lots of fruit and vegetables because they have a LOW salt content. You can't go wrong so forget all the snacks, savouries which are just bristling with salt - you can almost feel and see the salt crystals.

Another great thing about fruit and vegetables is that have lots of POTASSIUM - an essential mineral for muscles and guess what the biggest muscle in your body is - the good old heart !

Basically two simple rules to follow a healthy heart diet. But you should take a look at the Mediterranean diet to learn a lot more about a healthy heart diet